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FF7 or Zelda 64 - let the contest begin

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To get straight to the point, I have a friend who owns FF7 and I have basically seen all the story and CG. The game is almost perfect, although there are a few flaws. Zelda 64 looks great, but for now I hold FF7 as the better game.

Yeah, the Final Fantasy series is great, but who cares about FF7 when you've got Zelda 64?!? If all Square wants to do is cram FMV onto CD-ROMs, let them, their cartridge games will always be better than FF7! I've played FF7 and yes its a good game, but I definitely like the SNES and Super Famicom games better, and so do my friends!

To me, there is no competition. If I wanted to select "fight" from a menu and watch my character attack or if I liked watching a lot of FMV sequences maybe I'd prefer FF7 (or is it FMV7?). Thanks but I'll take the hack and slash action of Zelda any day.

I can't stand it! Why on earth would you even ask a question like that? Everyone on earth would pick FF7! Think about it for a moment please; Which game has more challenge - Zelda or FF7 (a game that actually makes people think on where to go and what to use). Hmm, let me guess. I'd say FF7.

First off, both of these titles are great, but one is still better: Final Fantasy 7. Based solely on what I've seen in the past, the Final Fantasy series is *way* better than the Zelda series. I have played every American version of Final Fantasy and Zelda. I think we can all agree that Zelda is more adventure-type gaming, but FF is role-playing, so it is harder to compare the two. The FF series offers about 3 times as much replayability. Every time I beat a Zelda game it gets put on a shelf where it gathers dust. I have played FF1-3 at least 3-4 times each, finding new secrets and story-line every time I played. Storyline is also something where Squaresoft puts itself over the top. Roleplaying needs depth and character-building, which the Final Fantasy series always offers. This is all not to say that I didn't like the Zelda games, in fact they are probably some of the best I've ever played, but if you want to go head to head with Final Fantasy - there is no competition!! In other words FF7 all the way!

I consider myself in the middle ground between a hardcore gamer and a regular consumer. From my experience regular consumers just don't like RPG's. I feel the only reason that FFVII will do well is because of the hype. One playstation owner was bragging to me about FF7 and I asked him what it's actually about and he told me that he doesn't know but that its supposed to be excellent. Now Zelda 64 is another thing altogether. It's something that everyone will enjoy. It implements the fun things in RPG's while still being relatively action orientated. Zelda is known by everyone and after seeing the latest screenshots there is no doubt in my mind that it will come out on top.

Well. After seeing both games in action, I have to say that neither one is more impressive than the other. All of the rich fluid motion of Zelda is seen in FF7 and vice versa. I know I will be crucified for saying there is no graphical difference, but DURING GAMEPLAY there isn't. FMV is not a factor here, while it's pretty to look at, what can you do with it? I think there is one option and that is the choice to skip it or watch it. If ANY system had PLAYABLE scenes with graphics as impressive as FF7's FMV, it would be the most incredible game in existence. But there isn't, and there won't be. Zelda is going to have excellent playability. FF7 will have the better FMV. Zelda will have Miyamoto's brilliance, and FF7 will have Nobuo's masterful music. All in all, I will buy both, as I have both systems and I'm a sucker for RPGs. In the end, it's going to come down to people wanting glamour. I bet you that FF7 will sell a lot more than Zelda, but what will people enjoy more? And which one is going to be upgradeable?

Editors comments: As you can see, the debate between FF7 and Zelda 64 has turned into somewhat of a war. A battle waged across the RPG genre and against both the Sony Playstation and the Nintendo 64. Most of us have joined one side or the other, defending the game (and more often than not, the system) of choice.

Think about this...

1. 64DD. Why not 64CD? Better yet, why not 64DVD? What do you want out of tomorrow's system?

2. Matsushita's M2: Does Nintendo have some competition in the 64 bit arena or is Matsushita's dream machine coming up short?